Sony Vaio S Series - SATA 3 Investigation

[Penicillin]

The Intel HM77 chipset in VAIO S motherboard supports SATA 3 by default, but I guess VAIO S BIOS is limiting it for somehow (maybe a bug or by Sony), I had old VAIO (2010), and SATA 3 was enabled by default.
We should let Sony know about this issue, they may release a BIOS update.

[nipsen]

The Intel HM77 chipset in VAIO S motherboard supports SATA 3 by default, but I guess VAIO S BIOS is limiting it for somehow (maybe a bug or by Sony), I had old VAIO (2010), and SATA 3 was enabled by default.
We should let Sony know about this issue, they may release a BIOS update.

..or maybe they'll release a retroactive license-agreement, that includes a pledge not to sue them for any reason, that insists Sony is free to do whatever they want.

Has happened before.

[Technative]

I've got the SVS1511C5E and upgraded with a Samsung 830 512Gb drive. Speed is not really my problem, although it runs in Sata2 mode. My main problem is that with a cold boot, the drive does not seem to get recognised the first few times.

Bios is in UEFI mode, and I have to physically switch the machine on and off a few times before it detects the drive and boots. I've been using the drive for about a week now, and the problem started occurring since last weekend. Anyone else have this issue?

I did run the Samsung Magician tool; could it be that this has broken something? The drive did not display this behaviour at first; it only started about 3 days ago.

I also have a Vertex 4 512 Gb which is not detected at all by the laptop. It does not even show up in the Bios (no drive detected). Any ideas?

By the way: The Sleep workaround with optical drive disabled works for me too: After wakeup it runs @ 6Gb/s.

[jlrosine]

I've got the SVS1511C5E and upgraded with a Samsung 830 512Gb drive. Speed is not really my problem, although it runs in Sata2 mode. My main problem is that with a cold boot, the drive does not seem to get recognised the first few times.

Bios is in UEFI mode, and I have to physically switch the machine on and off a few times before it detects the drive and boots. I've been using the drive for about a week now, and the problem started occurring since last weekend. Anyone else have this issue?

I did run the Samsung Magician tool; could it be that this has broken something? The drive did not display this behaviour at first; it only started about 3 days ago.

I also have a Vertex 4 512 Gb which is not detected at all by the laptop. It does not even show up in the Bios (no drive detected). Any ideas?

By the way: The Sleep workaround with optical drive disabled works for me too: After wakeup it runs @ 6Gb/s.

I assume you have run the sony bios update tool and you are at the latest bios?

I don't have any issues with it detecting my 830, I had the 830 in for a few weeks with no hiccups like that.

[Technative]

I assume you have run the sony bios update tool and you are at the latest bios?

I don't have any issues with it detecting my 830, I had the 830 in for a few weeks with no hiccups like that.

Hi jlrosine,

There is no update available, as far as I can tell. Where do I get this bios update tool? Vaio Care reports that the system is completely up to date.

Many thanks in advance!

[jlrosine]

Hi jlrosine,

There is no update available, as far as I can tell. Where do I get this bios update tool? Vaio Care reports that the system is completely up to date.

Many thanks in advance!

EDIT: Correction, you need to use the "bios update utility" from the downloads. Does your model have that?

[Technative]

EDIT: Correction, you need to use the "bios update utility" from the downloads. Does your model have that?

Nope... No bios update utility is available.

Just had a chat with Sony Support. This person told me that warranty on the laptop is voided as soon as you replace the harddrive?!? Is this true???

[jlrosine]

Go here > Sony eSupport - SVS1511CFXB - Support

Click on the download tab > bios > download the bios update utility.

Sony support/warranty blows, just like their removing sata 3, among other issues. I have a support ticket with them and they never called back...they just ignore you until you go away.

If you want good support and a little better product, buy a lenovo . Just my opinion of course.

[Technative]

I have a different model... I have the SVS1511C5E, so that Bios update does not apply to my machine. There honestly is no update available at the moment...

[jlrosine]

I have a different model... I have the SVS1511C5E, so that Bios update does not apply to my machine. There honestly is no update available at the moment...

Sorry about that...didn't notice their product page sent me to a different model. Pretty sweet they say they can't find your model number. Is it on a different support page, non US?